Author Description

Introduction to the fourth edition of the Handbook of public administration / Evert Lindquist, W. Bartley Hildreth, and Gerald J. Miller -- A transfer-of-idea approach to the history of public administration: the hybridizations of administrative traditions / Céline Mavrot, Christian Rosser, Fritz Sager, Pascal Hurni -- The administrative presidency and the degradation of the United States civil service / William G. Resh -- The idea of administrative law and the expansion of the administrative state / Lorne Sossin -- The challenges of discretion, collaboration, and ambiguity for administrative law: researchable themes & issues / Christine Ledvinka Rush -- Federalism and multilevel governance: contexts for public administration / Herman Bakvis -- Concurrent sourcing in public services: theory, evidence and future research / Simon Porcher -- Multilevel network governance in emergency management / Qian Hu & Naim Kapucu -- The many publics of government organizations / John Clayton Thomas & John Alford -- Engaging citizens, clients and communities for policy and service delivery / Robyn Keast -- Complexity in public management: perspectives, institutions and practices / Elizabeth Eppel, Mary Lee Rhodes, Lasse Gerritts -- How complexity informs public policy and administrative practice: selected international cases / Mary-Lee Rhodes, Lasse Gerrits, and Elizabeth Eppel -- The enmeshment of the machine in complex governance processes and networks / Lasse Gerrits, Elizabeth Eppel, Mary Lee Rhodes -- From theories to practice: the ongoing search for control, efficiency, transparency and results in government / Katherine G. Willoughby -- Conformity and diversity in budgetary systems: aspirations, routines, and recalibration / John Wanna -- Performance management: experience and challenges / Tom Christensen & Per Laegrid -- Aptitude, accountability, and adaptation: research themes for public budgeting, financial management, and accountability / Justin Marlowe -- Devel